A proposed performance in
between what is intimacy and what is universal. I would like to explore the
effect of time in a transformation of feeling while creating a new identity
named Fernanda Romero an obvious Latin American name. The identity will be
consisting of a combination of performance and photography presented with
cyanotypes.

The work is an open dialogue
with my personal experiences in Medellin and Saqqara a city in Egypt that was
build close to the river Nile and is historically connected to Memphis that
serves as a cemetery. Saqqara is the largest necropolis of all Egypt and the
one in which traces of all-important epochs of Egypt’s long and distinguished
history can be found. During Dynasty III, the Step Pyramid was built by Imhotep
for King Djoser 2620 – 2600 B.C. Until Dynasty III the traditional form of a
royal tomb was a mastaba. The Step Pyramid was originally conceived as such but
at some point was altered and was the first monumental architectural ensemble
in of all Egypt to employ stone as its exclusive material. In this place the
tomb for king Horemheb is to be found. Horemheb was a pharaoh and has a second
tomb in the Valley of Kings, another geographical location in Egypt. This Tomb
contains religious scenes depicting the Am Duat (Book of That Which is in the
Netherworld) a religious handbook, divided into hours, and intended to provide
the spells and charms necessary to nullify the forces of darkness during the
twelve-hour nocturnal journey to the Hereafter. This work is a synthesis of
acute astronomical observations and religious speculations.

Recently I bought a ring that
depictures Osiris and a pharaoh that for me symbolizes Horemheb. Horemheb pulls
out his arm to Osiris to touch him in some sort of ritual. I thought it could
be symbolic for the transition of human life into the Hereafter, or as Osiris
is the ‘God of eternal life’ the transition to eternal life. Ever since I
arrived in Medellin I was obsessed with this ring. I kept wearing it and
imagining it was protecting me against evil forces. The fact that I would like
to create a double identity for me connected me to pharaoh Horemheb that had
two tombs for one body. The Tomb in the Valley of Kings contains many paintings
of Osiris and Horemheb together. In the performance there is a play with this
idea of a double personality and the mix of these personal experiences in
Medellin connected to a journey of geographical places of Frenanda Romero in
Egypt.